Date:         Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:14:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
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From:         Jerome McDonough <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: OBJID attribute use
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Officially, the OBJID is supposed to an identifier for the METS object;
if
you want the METS object to have the same identifier as the original
resource, that's up to you.

On Apr 13, 2005, at 6:12 AM, Fabio Ciotti wrote:

> Dear METS list,
>
> first of all, as a new subscriber I introduce myself: I'm Fabio Ciotti,
> technology resposible for Biblioteca Italiana
> (http://www.bibliotecaitaliana.it), a D-Lib of italian literature in
> which
> we are using METS to record metadata (and to develop our simple OPAC
> based
> on Exist XML DB). I've a little question about OBJID attribute of METS
> element. As I understand <quote>OBJID: a primary identifier assigned
> to the
> METS object</quote> means that the attribute contains the identifier
> of the
> METS document (aka object), not that of the digital resource being
> described
> by the METS document, doesn't it?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Fabio Ciotti
>
Jerome McDonough
Digital Library Development Team Leader
Elmer Bobst Library, New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-2425
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